Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-10-01

sent heabH fepoirer bali through MIN.
Wbether It was bis cries, or the 10 them
awful sound and effect Of the pistol shot. or
what, know not, but the other priests halted.
parnlyzed and dismnyed, and before they
could come on again 6orais had called gu.
something. and We, together with the twe
| queens md most OF the courtiers, were beiiz
surrounded with wall Of armed men. In 4
moment itwas done, and still the priests hesi-
tated, and the people hung IN the balance
liko a herd Of startled buck. ns it were.
making no sign ore way on the other.
The last yell 6f tic burning priest had died
away, the fire had finished him, and great
silence fell upon the place.
inca the high priest Agon turned, and bis
Iacc was as the face Of devil. "Iet tho ~
riiice DO sacrificed lIe cried to the o,lecnl
'ias not sacrilege enough been done by these
strangers, and would ye, as queens, throw
the cloak OF your majesty over evil doersf
arc not tue creatures sacred to the Sun sieadf
ana Is not priest Of The Sun also dead, but
now slain BY tho magic OF these strangers,
VINO come as the wiihls ost Of heaven, whence
we know not and who are what we know
nofi beware, Q queens, how yc talnper with
the great majesty OF the God, even before his
high altar. There "a power that Is moro
tnan your power; there Is justice that Is
higher than your justice Beware how We
I'M an impious hand against ii. Let the sac
Filce be sacrificed, o aueans.D
Then Sorais made answer, in her deep.
quiet tones. that always seemrd to me to have
suspicion Of inockery about them, however
serious the theme; "Oh, Agon, thou hast
spoken according to thy desire, and thou hast
spoken truth. But !. is thou who scnldst
liit an impious hand against the justice Of
thy God Detbink thee the mid day sacrifice
= accomplished; the Sun hath claimed his
priest ns a sacrifice
This was novel ilea, and the people an
plapded il.
"bethink thee, what are these menu They
are strangers found floating on the bosom Of
lake. Who brought them herei How came
thcy theres How know ye that they also
are not servants Of the SUM- Is this the
hospitality that ye would have our nation
show to those whom chance brings to them.
- throw them to tho flamesg Shame on vel
shame on yel What ID hospitalitya To re- !
ceiYc the stranger and show him favor. To 1
piiid mp bis wounds, and find o pillow for
his head and food for him to eat. But thv
Pillow Is the fiery furnace, and thy food
no bot SAVIOR OF the fame. Shame on thee.
sayP
She paused little TO watch the effect OF
aer speech upon the multitude, and sees..e
+nat ~ was favorable, changed her tone from
,ne OF remonstrnncc to one of command
40 place there she cried, 'place, say:
make way for the queens, and these whom
ne queens cover with their KAT (mnntle,.n
And II / refuse, O qneeng sad Agon be-
ween his teeth.
men wiii cut a path with my guards
vas me piqaa answer; FAY, even In the pres
neg q the sanctuary, and through the bodies
( thy priests 's ~
Agon turned liyid with baffled fury. He
ianceu at the people as though neditatinr an
ppeai % them, but saw clearly that their
yhpathies were all the, other way The Zu-
enui are very curious and sociable people
M great as was their sense OF the enorrnitv
,at we bad committed in shooting the sacred
lppopotani. they did not like the idea OF the
aiy real i've strangers they had seen or
aaru Ok being consigned to fiery furnace.
lereby putting amend forever to their chance
extracting knowledge and information
ON and gossiping about us. Agon saw this
ID hestnted, and then for the first tiu,a
ylepthn spoken her soft sweet voice.
"Betllink thee, Agon,r she said, aas INV
ter queen bath said, these neil may also Ia
ryai.s Of tue Sun. For themselves tbev
mot speak, for their tongues are tied, Ict
matter be adjourned till such time as fltet
SO learned cur language Whocan BIZ con.
mned without q heaiingi When these mon
a plead for themselves, then 1t will be timo
put them to the proof"
Hero was clever loophole OF escape. and
yindictiye old priest took it, little as he
ed It,
80 be 1t, 0 queens be said aTet the
% GO In peace, and when they have learned
! tongue then let them speak. 4And I. even
viii make humble supplication at the altar
pest'ence fall On the land by cause Of tho
rilegep
.hese words were received win nsursn,u-
applause, and In another minhte we were
rching out Of the temple surrounded bv
royal guards.
iut It was not till long afterward that VIC
rned tho exact substance OF what bad
scd, and how hardly our lives had been
nng out OF the cruel grippe Of the zn-vendi
la the face Of which even tho
ems were practically powerless Had Il
been for their strenuous Efforts 10 t,rotact
We should have been slain even before We
lopt In the Temple Of the Sun The attenpt
lrop US bodily into tho fiery pit as an Of
ne was last artiaco to attain this end
n several others quite unsupported be 81
already failed